Thread: Live scope or good side imaging

Livescope… it’s expensive but best money I’ve spent for fishing yet. Nothing beats it.

Livescope is definitely better than Side Imaging in my opinion. However, you're going to want a unit that will find the brush then live scope to pull the crappie out of it. Being able to find brush piles is where the side-scan will really shine.

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Livescope, not even a discussion. At least if you are wanting to put more fish in the boat.

Originally Posted by huntersdad

Livescope is definitely better than Side Imaging in my opinion. However, you're going to want a unit that will find the brush then live scope to pull the crappie out of it. Being able to find brush piles is where the side-scan will really shine.

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Or you can do what I do with my Livescope ..... put the "distance" out to about 50-60ft and use that to "scan" the area as you slowly move forward. Once something starts showing on the screen, head towards it. Once it gets close enough & shows basically what it is on the screen, decrease the distance as you approach it & identify that it's cover with fish on it or a school of fish, so you can cast/flip your baits beyond that distance & let them pendulum swing back to where the cover/fish are & get a reaction from them.

Having at least a 93sv unit and a mount that will place the unit at least a foot above the bow floor will keep the unit's buttons & screen within easy reach for the few times you'll need to access them.

In this pic, notice the " marks out 50ft from the boat .... that's what you're looking for with the distance set way out in front of you. The school of fish at 15ft from the boat were those same '''''' marks when they first came on the screen.


In this pic I'm showing how I have my Garmin 93sv mounted on a 1ft tall extendible mount ... but I don't extend it, because it's at the perfect height as it is.




Pay no attention to the "intense" screen coloration .... I had my gain up a little too high for the clarity of that particular lake and never got around to adjusting it down.

I bought my LS/93sv package without the transducer for the Garmin unit, because I intended to use the Garmin for LS only, as I already had the Hook 7 ... which I use mostly for maps/GPS waypoints, and occasionally for the DI. Also because I didn't want to share the screen with SI and have to keep button pushing between split screen & single screen.

I have found there is no more efficient tool for finding new unknown structure than SI ...

I have found there is no more efficient tool for fishing that newfound (or known) structure as forward facing Sonar ...

“Either/or” may depend on if one already knows where enough productive structure is ...

Rickie

I love my si,,,, but Live scope sure has changed the game once you know where fish are,,,,

You'll have to get a display to use livescope. Most of them have side imaging included, if they come with a transducer.or you can add a transducer later to get side imaging.

I use a HB SI at the helm to cruise a bank at 4-5 mph mark brush and or fish..... then come back and livescope to fish, if only one livescope but .......
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